The overall theme of the research pursued in my group is solid-state kinetics in both crystalline and amorphous materials, and particularly ionic materials (e.g., silicates, oxides, halides). As such, mechanical properties are contemplated from the perspective of chemical kinetics, with deviatoric stress being an additional potential in the Gibbs energy and the dynamic responses (elasticity, fracture, flow, attenuation/anelasticity) being kinetic responses to dissipate the added mechanical potential. The work is highly interdisciplinary, with interactions in geophysics, petrology, electrical engineering as well as mechanics.